Crystal Castles
DOWNLOAD
MAME
RETRO
DOWNLOAD:
RETROMAME
Atari
1983
DOWNLOAD

An early-80s Atari classic that is celebrated as much for its beautiful MC Escher-esque cabinet art as for the game itself, *Crystal Castles* is a somewhat surreal take on Pac-Man-style "eat the dots" gameplay, within a series of three-dimensional castles filled with fantasy baddies. Players control Bentley Bear, whose insatiable greed compels him to pick up all the gems from every level, evading sentient crystal balls, aggressive trees, swarms of bees and a flying witch along the way. The game's trackball controls added a level of novelty common to several Atari games of the era, while the levels (rendered using a technique known as trimetric projection, says Wikipedia) feature 3D twists and platforms that require quick thinking and dexterity to navigate quickly.

More overlays you may like:
Zwackery
Bally Midway
 – 
1985
Platformer
Zwackery
Prehistoric Isle
SNK
 – 
1989
Shoot Em Up
Prehistoric Isle
Tapper
Bally Midway
 – 
1983
Action
Tapper
The Ninja Warriors
Taito
 – 
1987
Hack and Slash
The Ninja Warriors
BROWSE ALL OVERLAYS >
More overlays you may like:
BROWSE ALL OVERLAYS >
Killer Instinct
Midway
 – 
1994
Fighting
Killer Instinct
Galaxian
Namco
 – 
1979
Shooter
Galaxian
Battletoads
Rare
 – 
1994
Beat Em Up
Battletoads
Asteroids Deluxe
Atari
 – 
1981
Shooter
Asteroids Deluxe